| Title: | Kit: Note 4229; Please use NOTED::PWDOSWIN5 for V4.x server |
| Notice: | Kit: Note 4229; Please use NOTED::PWDOSWIN5 for V4.x server |
| Moderator: | CPEEDY::KENNEDY |
| Created: | Fri Dec 18 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 4319 |
| Total number of notes: | 18478 |
I can't believe this is so, but so far I can't make it work:
Win95 or WinNT v4.0 with TCP/IP. I cannot get a response from any
PATHWORKS license server in my same subnet (unless I add an entry in
LMHOSTS.). Tried with WINS disabled too.
I've tried server versions 5.0C ECO3, v5.0D, and V5.0E. No luck.
Where <name>=nodename, I get the following results:
NBTSTAT -A <name> works.
NBTSTAT -A PWRK$L<name> times out.
NBTSTAT -A <cluster-alias> works (if it's part of a cluster)
SHOW ASTAT PWRK$L<name> works (tried from Win95 only)
From a PATHWORKS v6 client (our IP stack), it works as expected and I
can do SHOW ASTAT PWRK$L<name> and get a response.
I ran UCX's TCPIPTRACE utility to trace incoming packets from the
client - I do see packets come in when I do NBTSTAT -A PWRK$L<name>,
but I see the same set of packets when I do NBTSTAT -A PWRK$L<garbage>
(to similate what would happen if the name really didn't exist). I
think these packets are just the multicast messages to all license
servers in the LAN.
Is anyone able to get a license USING NETBIOS BROADCASTS over TCP/IP
from a Win95 or WinNT v4.0 client? Please confirm you can...
Paul
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 4205.1 | my pc received a license | NETRIX::"[email protected]" | Gerard van der Veen | Mon Mar 17 1997 10:33 | 11 |
with respect to nbtstat the manual says nbtstat - a <name> performs a netbios adapter status command against the computer specified by <name>; as there is no computer PWRK$Lanything there is no answer nbtstat -A does the same thing for a valid address when I got my portable it was preconfigured with tcpip only, and I saw at first boot the obtention of a pathworks license........ Gerard [Posted by WWW Notes gateway] | |||||
| 4205.2 | CPEEDY::wells.lkg.dec.com::wells | Phil Wells | Mon Mar 17 1997 12:13 | 8 | |
nbtstat relies on the fact that a workstation name is the name that you entered spaced padded to 15 bytes and null terminated (16th byte). You should be able to construct a workstation name given a PWRK$L name. | |||||
| 4205.3 | Other tools? | VMSNET::P_NUNEZ | Mon Mar 17 1997 13:12 | 21 | |
RE. .-1 and .-2,
So NBTSTAT -a <name> is looking for <name> with a 16th byte of 00 and
not a 16th byte of 20 (blank)?
And if the license server hasn't registered a workstation name (16th
byte 00), NBTSTAT -a PWRK$L<name> will never get a response?
However, if I use SHOW ASTAT and specify the name PWRK$L<name> it, by
default, looks for server service names (that end in %x20), correct?
Can one expect SHOW ASTAT to work from a Win95 or WinNT DOS window?
If not, is there any other tool that will allow me to do a findname
test to determine if a client (win95/WNT) is getting a response from a
license server?
Thanks,
Paul
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| 4205.4 | CPEEDY::wells.lkg.dec.com::wells | Phil Wells | Mon Mar 17 1997 17:12 | 40 | |
> RE. .-1 and .-2, > > So NBTSTAT -a <name> is looking for <name> with a 16th byte of 00 and > not a 16th byte of 20 (blank)? NBTSTAT is presumably asking for a "computer name" not server name. If the 16th byte equals sp then it is in server format. > And if the license server hasn't registered a workstation name (16th > byte 00), NBTSTAT -a PWRK$L<name> will never get a response? Correct - if there's no workstation service, then there is no workstation name. > However, if I use SHOW ASTAT and specify the name PWRK$L<name> it, by > default, looks for server service names (that end in %x20), correct? No, it polls directly for the name that you entered. > Can one expect SHOW ASTAT to work from a Win95 or WinNT DOS window? I've seen it work from W95 and I've seen it hang - it works for me. I have never seen if work from WNT though that may be because I have never tried it. > If not, is there any other tool that will allow me to do a findname > test to determine if a client (win95/WNT) is getting a response from a > license server? Can you program? If so, look at the Netbios() API on W95/WNT. If it's DOS, look at int5c and format the NCB as in Win32 Netbios(), though I think the LANA stuff will change a bit. Also, NBTSTAT -c looks interesting if you have access to the client. Also, ASTAT "PWRK$Lxxxxxx C" finds the license server on node xxxxxx on all lanas. ASTAT "PWRK$Lxxxxxx C" /LANA:0 returns an adapter status for node xxxxxx on LANA 0 if the license server name is registered. The format is "PWRK$L" + upcase(node name) + spacepad(upto(15)) + 'C' | |||||